Kraka þrautat kapp
— konung sótti happ,
hinns brynþing bauð —
at brjóta auð,
þvít buðlungr var,
sás benjar skar,
— honum tíddisk hildr —
hugprúðr ok mildr.
Þrautat Kraka kapp at brjóta auð; happ sótti konung, hinns bauð brynþing, þvít buðlungr, sás skar benjar, var hugprúðr ok mildr; hildr tíddisk honum.
Zeal was not wanting in Kraki when he broke wealth; good fortune sought out the king, the one who offered byrnie-assembly [BATTLE], because the ruler, who cut wounds, was gallant and generous; battle gave pleasure to him.
[1] þrautat: ‘þraut ar’ papp25ˣ, ‘þraut æi’ R683ˣ
[1] þrautat ‘was not wanting’: Used impersonally with two accusatives. The ending -at is the negative suffix (miscopied as ‘-ar’ by Rugman in papp25ˣ and rendered as ‘æi’ ‘not’ in R683ˣ).